Buff-bellied Puffbird
Notharchus swainsoni(Gray, GR, 1846)
English (US) Buff-bellied Puffbird
The Buff-bellied Puffbird (Notharchus swainsoni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucconidae (Puffbirds) in the order Galbuliformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Notharchus swainsoni
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-bellied Puffbird
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1846)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco swainsoni
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1846)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 1 p.74, pl. XXVI
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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